Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.